The Detection of Free Radicals in the High Intensity Photolysis of Hydrogen Azide
Abstract
The absorption spectra of the radicals NH and NH2 have been observed in the flash photolysis of hydrogen azide in the presence of an excess of inert gas. A new complex, but slightly diffuse, absorption has been detected around 2700 angstrom. This spectrum shows no shift when DN3 is substituted for HN3, and it is attributed to the N3 radical. The mechanism of the hydrogen azide photolysis is discussed briefly with reference to these observations.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A
- Pub Date:
- April 1956
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rspa.1956.0071
- Bibcode:
- 1956RSPSA.235..143T